'Emperor Jones' Will
Open in University
Theater at 8 Tonight
Smokey Whitfield to Take Lead in Stirring
Drama of Pullman Porter Turned Ruler;
Production Directed by Horace Robinson
The University of Oregon drama division will present Eugene
O’Neill's “The Emperor Jones" tonight in the Johnson hall theater at
8 o’clock with Smokey Whitfield in the stellar role of Brutus Jones.
Tickets for the production may be obtained at the box office until
the curtain time, according to Horace Robinson, dramatic instructor
at the University who is directing the show.
cockney Little Fellow
Supporting role of next import
ance to Smokey’s is that of Henry;
Smithers, cockney trader, played
by Ed Burtenshaw.
“The Emperor Jones,” by reason
of unusual acting talent, and un
usually fine set and lighting, pro
mises to be one of the most ar
tistic productions offered by the
University drama division for some
time. Certainly it will be the most
intensely exciting.
All-Star Cast
Others in the cast are Adrian
Martin as Old Lem, George Hall
as Jeff, Lawrence Reid and Hall
as two convicts, Jack Gendron as
the prison guard, Frederick Waller
and Jerry Lakefish as the planters,
Wanda Milledge, Charleen Jack
son, and Marcia Steinhauser as
southern belles, and Virginia
Enokson, Miriam Hale, Reid and
Hall as negro slaves.
Witch Doctor is Question
A figure of mystery is the witch
doctor, who performs a ritualistic
dance before a native god in the
production. The name of the
dancer has not been disclosed.
The play will be presented in a
series of eight scenes, and will
take an hour and a half to com
plete. Students who are going to
the senior ball will be able to reach
the “Oregon Premiere” in good
time after the performance of “The
Emperor Jones.”
They Get Fed
When Exams
Come Around
By ANNA MAE HALVERSON
Convinced that a student body,
like an army, makes best progress
on a satisfied stomach, Elmira col
lege established an extracurricular
refreshment schedule during its
mid-year examination period. Tea
and wafers were served each af
ternoon at 4 o’clock in the recrea
tion room. (Nothing “strong” evi
denced.)
Milk was plentiful during the
seven days of exams. The girls
were encouraged to drink several
glasses each meal, and at dinner
time those who wished took pitch
ers of milk for consumption dur
ing the night’s “boning.”—ACP.
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Comment
“I kissed Betty on the forehead
last night.”
“What did she say?” *
“She called me down.”—Silver
and Gold.
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Values
Another examination reminder:
A—One apple, polished.
B—One apple, unpolished.
C—One apple, green.
D—One apple.
F—One apple, rotten.
Dropped class—Same thrown at
teacher.—Falcon.
Principal Publishes
Master's Thesis
Gaile Good, principal of Edison
and Condon elementary schools in
Eugene, has written such an inter
esting thesis for his master’s de
gree that it has been selected to
appear in an eastern magazine,
the “Journal of Higher Education.”
Good wrote on “The Relation
ship of Fusion to Retardation in
Reading.”
The Weather
Washington and Oregon, cloudy
and unsettled with local rains Sat
urday and probably Sunday. Snow
over mountains with no change in
temperature. Moderate and
changeable wind becoming fresh
northwest off the coast.
Meet the Emperor
Smokey Whitfield . . . will star
in tlie role of Brutus Jones who
becomes “Emperor Jones.” The
production will start tonight ini
Johnson hall at 8 o’clock.
Libe Circulation
Breaks All Records
1329 Books Taken
Out Tuesday,
Miss Rice Reports
The greatest number of books
ever taken out in one day in the
history of the library was taken
out Tuesday from the circulation
department. There were 1329 books
taken out by students on that day,
according to Miss Bernice Rise,
circulation librarian. Wednesday
there were almost as many books
given out with a total of 1307 for
the day.
Miss Rise explained this sudden
jump in the number of books used
by students is due to the number
of term papers being prepared at
this time both by freshmen and
upperclassmen.
Last week a new record in the
number of books taken out was
made when about 800 or 900 books
left the circulation desk in one
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A Newton Apple
A Day Keeps
The Doc Away
The old adage of an apple
helping keep the doctor away
will hold more water if the apple
happens to be a Newton.
This is the latest discovery of |
Dr. Ira A. Manville, director of j
the nutritional reesarch labora- !
tory of the University of Oregon
Medical school, who found that
Yellow Newtons have the most
vitamin A content.
The others in ranking order
are: Winesaps, Spitzenbergs, De
licious, Jonathans, and the lowest
class (in richness)—Graven
steins.
Speaking to delegates of the
Northwest Dietic association in |
Portland, Dr. Manville reiterat
ed the fact that apples are of
great medicinal value.
According to him, plain,
scraped apple is one of the best
stomach disorder remedies
known. This applies to any form
of the apple, he said.
Dr. Manville found as high as
36 Sherman units of vitamin A
in the Yellow Newton compared
with 20 for the average orange.
Emerald Whips OSC Barometer Team, 49-44]
Campus to Swing With Wilde Tonight
SENIORS
TO DANCE
IN IGLOO
Foremost Event of
Winter Social Slate
To Have 'Premier'
Theme, Good Music
Tonight the University of Ore
gon will take over the new Mc
Arthur court ballroom, when Ran
Wilde and his “Wild Honey” or
:hestra will open the “Oregon Pre
miere” at the invitation of mem
bers of the senior class for their
annual formal ball.
Universally characterized as the
most brilliant event on the cam
pus, the “Premiere” is being di
rected by George Hall and a corps
of seniors, who have created a
strange and dazzling Hollywood
world within the confines of the
igloo for one evening.
Just Like Hollywood
Dancers will step into the glare
of a highpowered searchlight as
they reach the marquee of the
court, to be interviewed by Jack
McCarthy, KORE announcer, at
a microphone, before they enter
the starlit interior of the ball
room.
Beneath a low blue and gold
ceiling, dancers will find a floor as
smooth as glass, and . . . Ran
Wilde and his orchestra, holding
forth with their “sweet swing” be
fore a simulated silver screen.
Glamor on Walls
Decorative (to say the least)
glamor girls and movie studio
equipment will be used on panels
between the wall draperies of the
court.
Students will dance until one
o’clock at the “coming out party,”
while patrons and special guests at
the ball watch between dances
from their secluded dias at the
north end of the floor.
Aviation Cadet Will
Talk on Entering
U. S. Naval Reserve
An opportunity to learn the
proper procedure for entering the
United States naval reserve will be
offered to University students
Monday when W. A. Hibbs, avia
tion cadet in the United States na
val reserve, presents a speech il
lustrated with moving pictures
before five military classes. He
will also explain the training which
aviation cadets receive and will
examine any interested students.
Hibb’s talk and picture will take
about an hour, it was announced.
He will present his five presenta
tions between the hours of 9 to 12
in the morning and 1 to 3 in the
afternoon.
The psalms were originally writ
ten as hymns or supplications in
public or private worship.
It's Free! Free!
No Cost to Hear
'Persian' Cycle
Liza Lehman’s song-poem “In
a Persian Garden" will be pre
sented by Virginia Tooze, Bar
bara Ward, George Saunders,
and Leland Chase, students of
Half red Young, at a special pro
gram to be held next Wednesday
evening at 8:30 o’clock at the
school of music auditorium.
Words of the song cycle of
Asiatic love are taken from
Omar Khayyam’s book “Rubai
yat” and set to beautifully ex
pressive music by Lehman.
Each part is written to dis
play the quality of the singer’s
voices in a pleasing manner.
Words and music are bound to
gether to form an interesting
story.
Ten Audiences Will I
Hear Coed Debaters
Rainier, Clatskanie,
Tillamook,- Seaside |
On Trip Itinerary
Ten audiences spread from Eu- j
gene to the northern part of Ore
gon will hear about youth and their
problems from the women’s sym- j
posium speakers next week.
Beginning Monday, February 27, |
D. E. Hargis, women symposium
instructor, will take the team of
Dorris Leighton, Darlene Warren,
Florence Sanders, Carol Bird, and i
Lois Nordling on their longest j
tour.
Tillamook high school will hear
them Monday afternoon. They will
then drive to Astoria for the night.
Tuesday morning they are sched
uled for Knappa-Svensen high
school and in the evening for Clat
skanie Kiwanis. They will also
spend this night at Astoria.
Seaside high school has been
signed up for Wednesday morning,
March 1, and Warrenton in the af
ternoon. This town was named 'af
ter the great uncle of Miss War
ren, one of the speakers.
Wednesday night is to be spent
at Rainier.
March 2, Thursday, the women
will speak for Rainier high, St.
Helens’ Kiwanis, and St. Helens’
high school.
The speakers will arrive home
in time for the ballet Thursday
evening.
“AIR SHOTS” IN MUSEUM
Three new aerial photographs
have been added to the collection
of pictures in the museum in Con
don hall.
Included in the new photographs
is a scene along the Columbia river
gorge, a picture of Bonneville dam,
and a view of the city of Portland
from the air.
University Symphony Will
End Season Tuesday Night;
Robert Garretson to Solo
Making its farewell bow to Eugene audiences for the 1938-39 season
the University of Oregon symphony orchestra under the direction of
Rex Underwood will play in concert in the music building Tuesday
evening at 8:30 oclock. Robert Garretson, pianist, will appear as guest
soloist.
Conductor Underwood has chosen his program mainly from Ameri
can French, and German com- .
posers. The “Negro Rhapsody” of
John Powell, to be played by Mr.
Garretson and the orchestra, is
one of the most purely American
compositions.
‘Suite Jazz’ Presented
Occupying the “star” position as
far as compositions go, will be
three selections from "Suite Jazz”
by George Hopkins, professor of
piano in the music school. The
pieces, “Moondown,” “Snake
Eyes,” and “Dusky Rhythm,” will
be played by instrumental en
sembles and will have their public
premiere that evening.
The new celeste which the or
chestra has purchased will be fea
tured in a special number, “Danse
de la Fee-Dragee,” which brings
out the tones of the bell-like in
strument. Old-time negro' spiritual
melodies and rhythms are em
bodied in the themes of the largo
from Dvorak’s “New World Sym
phony.” From Humperdinck’s opera
for children, Hansel and Gretel,”
will be offered the “Dream Panto
mime.”
Two Preludes Slated
Two preludes will be featured on
the program, the prelude to the;
third act of Wagner’s "Lohengrin,” !
and the prelude to “The Deluge,”
by Saint - Saens. The farandole
from Bizet’s suite of gay Iberia,
“L’Arlesienne,” will also be in
cluded on the program.
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Police Threaten
To Crack Down
On Pranksters
_
Calling the “cops” may not be
much fun for practical jokers in
the future when the city police
force begins cracking down, ac
cording to Sam Bond, chairman
of the police committee.
The city police have been
called out too many times to find
that some fraternity wanted
them to “hunt their shoes,”
“help get our silverware back,”
etc., Bond said.
The offense is just as serious
as calling out the fire depart
ment on a false alarm and ar
rests and fines will be resorted
to if the situation continues, he
said.
Albania is only slightly larger
than Vermont and like it moun
tainous, but the Zog kingdom has
three times the Green mountain
state’s population.
Symposium Returns From Trip
By HAL OLNEY
The men’s symposium, headed
by Coach W. A. Dahlberg, assist
ant professor of speech, returned
to the campus yesterday after a
five-day speaking tour through the
southern part of the state.
The symposium made its head
quarters at Medford and worked
out of there speaking before va
rious granges, high school assem
blies, service clubs and at South
ern Oregon normal. In Medford
with the symposium were both
Professor Dahlberg and Professor
Casteel, director of the speech di
vision, who were there to judge the
Southern Oregon high school con
ference debates. They did not ac
company the symposium on their
speech-making trips into the coun
try surrounding Medford but made
their headquarters with them in
Medford.
The symposium was greeted ea
gerly by the people from the south
ern pari of the state. The boys
heard musical selection on local
radio programs which were dedi
cated to them and they were pre
sented with complimentary tickets
to Very Little Theater productions.
In the opinion of Roy Vernstrom,
one of the symposium members,
the trip Is one of the “best bits of
good-will promotion the school has
ever done.” Several groups asked
for a return of the symposium.
The symposium topic was “Val
ues in a Crazy World.”
Those who made the trip are:
Leonard Clark. Charles Dever
eaux, Kenneth Erickson, and Roy
Vernstrom. Dave Zilkak, who ac
companied the group, provided the
musical entertainment with his ac
cordian.
Next week the group will speak
before the Newberg and Portland
chambers of commerce. Les Ready,
of the Eugene Gleemen will ac
company them as the guest solo
ist.
Student Radio Hour
Makes Bow Tonight
Round-Table Talks
University News,
Music on List
The University Student Hour, a
completely new radio program,
will be heard for the first time to
night from 8 to 9 over KOAC.
The first quarter hour will be a
round-table discussion on “Youth
Problems” by three of the women’s
symposium, Florence Sanders, Dar
lene Warren, and Lois Nordling.
Mr. Hargis will also take part.
Italian folk music, its back
ground and several pieces, consti
tute the musical second 15 min
utes.
This part is being arranged by
Virginia Enokson. Dolph Janes
will read the script. The singers
are Bob Mack and George Skip
worth. Among the numbers pre
sented are “Back to Sorrento" and
a duet from “Force of Destiny"
will be included.
A review of University news
will be taken care of in the third
15 minutes. Freeman Patton, War
ren Waldorf, Laura Bryant, and
Les Harger will tell what has been
happening on the campus, in the
different departments, and what
research has been done.
Mark Hanna, speech instructor,
has charge of the final quarter
hour. He is beginning a serial dra
matization of college life by an
all-women cast.
Proudfoot Elected
Tau Delta Chi Head
Ted Proudfoot was elected presi
dent at the regular meeting of
Tau Delta Chi, men’s business hon
orary, Thursday evening.
Freeman Patton was elected
vice-president, Ed Larson secre
tary, and Ozzie Burghart treasur
er. The new officers were installed
at the meeting and committees
were appointed.
Designs for the key and shingle
were also adopted.
587 Cases Fill
Infirmary Beds
During Year
During this school year there
have been 587 cases in the in
firmary. This number does not
mean that there have been this
many different students. Several
students go to the infirmary two
or three times.
Students escaping the routine
of classwork by being in the in
firmary yesterday included: Wil
lis Pack, Ina Furrell, Alice Hoff
man, Frances Anne Williams,
Marguerite Pettit, Patricia
Lyon, Laura Hughes, Beth Tay
lor, Clarence Zurcher, William
Craig, Theodore Sievers, Mason
McLean, Jack Jasper, Harrison
Bergtholdt, Glenn Briedwell,
James Kay, Alice Kiikpatrick,
j and Charles Green,
Scribe Hoopmen:
Plag Hard, But
We Won It
Pasero's Squad
Wins Two Games
In News Series
Flash! Lust evening in the Igloo,
Hobson's varsity followed the ex
ample set by Coaeli George
(Black) Pasero’s Emerald quintet
and defeated the super-varsity of
Slats Gill to make a double-victory
for Oregon in one day.
By JOE SOAP JR.
“Hoops, my dear,” said George
Pasero following his Emerald
team’s win over the Barometer
yesterday afternoon by a 49-44
count, when asked how it. was
done.
“It took the Emerald to show I
the varsity how to meet the threat i
of this famous stalling system of!:
the Beavers," the Emerald coach!
said. “In the first game we did it -
simply by getting more baskets
than the Barometer, and the sec
ond game at Corvallis the Baro
won when Deutschmann shot one
in the wrong basket and in both ,
cases the varsity followed our ex
ample. j,
Emerald Sets Example
“But today we resolved that
Hobson couldn’t be let down by
the Emerald for the title so we
went out and got the old victory.
Hurrah!”
Although the little Beavers were
ahead early in the game by a 19-7
score, the Emerald came back in
the second! ,half and scored 31
points to win. For once the offi
cials, (Hank Nilsen and A1 Simp
son ip this case) couldn’t be ac
cused of throwing the game for
the simple reason that they didn’t
call anything. Nilsen, making his
debut in officiating circles, at
tempted to call an out-of-bounds
for the Aggies but the Emerald
talked him out of it. Gib Wiley,
center for the local scribes, winked
and said, “He’s my frat brother.”
Shipley Leads Scoring
Ken Shipley, who always wears
a clown suit of some makeshift
combination, eluded the Baro boys
to make 14 points. Wiley followed
with 12, and Frizzell, of Register
Guard, News, Emerald, and Green
Goose fame, put in 10.
Hank Garnjobst, who tells the
world what the hell is wrong with
it, scored 13 points with his spe
cialty shot, which is made by clos
ing the eyes and throwing wildly.
Fowler legitimately scored 10
points and Slats Gill, who didn’t
play, didn’t score. Burchell, play
ing under Gill’s name, while Slats
staged home and edited the Ba
rometer for today, shot 30 times
and went out of the game with an
injury before he could score.
Lineup:
Barometer (44)
... F
.. F
... C
Welsh (8) .
Garnjobst (13)
Burchell (0) ...
Fowler (10) .
Raser (7) .
Boomer* .
Drake(2) .
Washburn (2)
Smith (0) .
Alyce Rogers (2) S
S
S
* Sounds like a fake name.
End of quote.
(49) Emerald
(10) Frizzell
... (12) Wiley
.... (6) Smith
G (0) Wie Gehtt’s
G (—0) Deutsch
.. (4) Frye
... (14) Shipley
(1) McChesnut
. Nelson
. Millstein
. Parker
. (2!) Pasero
[lobby's Boys
Beat Gillmen
[n Hot Contest
Laddie Gale Held
To Nine Points as
Ducks Stop Orange
In Fourth Game
By ELBERT HAWKINS
Emerald Sports Editor
Oregon’s Webfoots faced
heir acute basketball crisis at
McArthur court last night with
;he dogged stubbornness of
:hampions, and when it was all
>ver they had the challenging
Beavers of Oregon State licked,
18 to 37.
A howling crowd of 6000 per
sons watched Hobby Hobson’s
/eteran Ducks grab a 3 to 2
ead at the 2-minute mark, and
’rom then to the finish Oregon
State never got in front. At
lalftime it was Oregon 26, Oregon
State 14.
Face Huskies Next
The victory maintained Oregon's
strategic northern division leader
ihip at one full game over Wash
ngton. The Huskies and the Ducks
day their crucial two-game series
n Seattle next Friday and Satur
lay and the 1939 championship
vill be settled right there.
Hobby’s championship-defending
Webfoots can win their league
itle by taking one game from
Washington. If the Huskies take
;wo on their home floor it’ll be
mother title for Hec Edmundson
ind Washington.
In last night’s warmish contest,
he Oregons weren’t overly hot,
jut they didn’t need to be as the
Staters and big Elmer Kolberg
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rhirteenth, Kincaid
Scene of Crack-up
Thirteenth street through the
lampus took another step toward
Decoming the city’s ideal spot for
S traffic accidents yester
day as two more cars
cracked up at the inter
section of Thirteenth and
Kincaid streets. The acci
dent was the sixth in a
nonth and the second in that same
ipot in three days.
The Eugene police declined to
jive any particulars on the acci
lent, but witnesses reported that
leither car was driven by a stu
ient of the University. According
.0 the witnesses a model T Ford
lit and damaged a Pontiac sedan.
Mo serious injuries were reported,
the Pontiac was slightly dam
iged.
Several similar accidents have
happened on this corner in the
past, and to eliminate the hazard
:he city council voted a stop sign
for the corner at their last meet
ing, February 14. The sign will
stop all traffic entering the cam
pus at that intersection.
The stop signs have not been in
stalled but are scheduled to be put
in within a few days, Sam Bond,
chairman of the police committee,
said last night. The delay has been
caused by an attempt to get all
the yellow lines in the city painted
before the rains, he said.
Junior Weekend Ideas
Get Final Call Today
Theme-minded individuals, who might also be keeping a weather
eye on the $10 stake in the grab bag, will have only a few short
hours today to capitalize on their ideas if they want to have a
hand tin the naming of Junior weeknd. The theme suggestion bid
of the juniors ends today at 5 o’clock.
At 5 o’clock Junior weekend Chairman Hal Jahn and his hench
men will be on hand to scoop up the last of the themes and the
collecting box which has since Tuesday been collecting suggestions
from the campus at large.
Immediately after 5 o’clock the task of evaluating the best
of the ideas turned in will begin for the judging committee, a group
representing the art and music school faculties, the Junior week
end heads, and Scott Corbett, junior prexy. Announcement of the
winner will be made in Tuesday’s Emerald, as was previously an
nounced, Jahn said.
“Plenty of ideas have been turned in already,” Assistant Chair
man Walt Miller said yesterday, “but someone may still be carrying
around the winning theme in his head.’’
The blank form designed by the committee for the outlining
of ideas is still available at all living organizations or from Jahn
and his committee members.